Summary: OC SI. Dying, an orphaned girl from the real world finds herself reincarnated in the KHR world as the unknown daughter of Reborn. She didn't intend to change anything when she realized where she was. However, fate seems to be against her as she encounters the future Don before Reborn arrives and she inadvertently changes the plot. 'Oh well. I guess I'll just have to wing it!'

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR. Enough said.

Beta by Gelasia-Kidd

Chapter 9- Bullies and friendships

It had been two weeks since Lumiere joined her year mates in Nami-shou and already things were not going as planned.

Seeing Tsuna bullied annoyed her, both at his bully and at Tsuna himself. The bully because he dared to pick on someone weaker than him and he got away with it. And she knows Tsuna is strong, has a lot of potential based on what she remembered, so it aggravates her that he just takes it.

"Stop bullying Sawada-kun!" Lumiere ordered the bully once Tsuna managed to get away. She would have interfered earlier, but one she wanted to see if he would fight back, and two she was out of sight when it happened.

"Why should I? It's just Dame-Tsuna. No one cares if something happens to him," the bully sneered, face twisting into something ugly.

Lumiere scowled. "You should, because I told you to, and people would miss Sawada-kun."

"Why should I listen to a weak little girl like you?" the bully cracked his knuckles loudly, fisting them and stepping forward in effort to cow her.

Lumiere wasn't affected by his pathetic attempts. Compared to what shes been through this boy was no problem. "You really don't want to do that," she warned lightly, blood pumping under her skin in response to the fight sure to come.

"Oh yeah? Who's going to stop me?" The bully rushed forward, right fist raised, intending to bring it down on Lumiere's face.

That's not what happened though.

At the last minute Lumiere side stepped the weak and slow punch, brought her knee up as the bully lost his balance and rammed it into his stomach. The bully choked and stepped back but Lumiere didn't give him time to catch his breath as she extended that same knee completely and kicked him back, hard.

The bully flew back and crashed into the wall, the brick cracking under the force. He groaned, but didn't get up.

"I told you you didn't want to do that. Boys.." Lumiere rolled her eyes and wiped nonexistent dirt off her school uniform.

Taking one last glance at the unconscious bully she headed home. Uncle said he had a surprise for her and she didn't want to miss it.

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When he was sure Taiyou-san was gone Tsuna stepped out from behind the wall a little farther ways from where the fight happened.

He heard every word, how the new transfer student defended him, ordered one of his stronger and more physical bullies to stop bothering him.

But why? Didn't she hate him? Taiyou-san glared at him every day, even called him Dame-kun in front of others. Did she just want to mess with him? Be the only one to bully him?

'Or maybe,' some long forgotten silenced part of him whispered, 'She wants to be friends?'

Normally Tsuna would have dissuaded himself from such thoughts, but perhaps, just this once, he could listen to it?

Walking home, Tsuna's thoughts continued to be jumbled on what he should do.

'I'll ask her tomorrow.'

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'Easier said than done..' Tsuna thought. He arrived at school this morning with every intention of talking to Taiyou-san about what he saw yesterday, but after seeing her the words got stuck in his throat.

The French girl had sat scowling in her seat at nothing when he had arrived, making the poor brunett to scared to approach her much less talk to her. Instead he avoided her even more today then he usually does. 'She probably hates me..'

Sighing sadly, Tsuna munched absentmindedly on his bento, sad over his lost chance - if there had ever even been one - at making a friend.

"Oy, Dame-kun!"

Tsuna shrieked "HIE!" and spilt his lunch all over him. Turning around slowly he saw Taiyou-san grinning a caught-the-canary kind of grin that made Tsuna suddenly feel very very small.

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'Dame-kun has been acting funny today..' Lumiere thought as she lazed under one of the trees in the schools courtyard, eating her half burnt meal. 'Not that he isn't always.'

It was strange, she admitted. Though the future Decimo has avoided her religiously since she got there, never to the extent he did today.

Getting up, she started heading back to class but stopped when she saw a head of fluffy brown hair that could only belong to one person.

"Oy, Dame-kun!" Lumiere called, grinning as the boy shrieked and jumped, turning around till he saw her. It was just so easy to startle him.

"T-Taiyou-san!" Tsuna stuttered out. "H-hello." Lumiere could practically see the thought bubble over his head berating himself for such a lame greeting.

She could feel her grin widen.

"Dame-kun, you've been avoiding me more than usual today. Why?"

Tsuna's eyes widened in alarm. "I haven't been avoiding you."

Lumiere glared darkly, knowing that she looked like a teenaged female Reborn as she did this courtesy of her uncle. "I'm not an idiot Dame-kun. Tell me why."

Tsuna tried stuttering out a few more denials but Lumiere was having none of that. Finally Tsuna blurted out that he saw what happened yesterday and that he wanted to ask to be friends but she looked really really scary and pleasedonthurthim.

Lumiere processed this in the span of a second.

There it was again. That temptation. Lumiere knew this wasn't canon KHR. Aria was born before the curse had been placed and judging by the age difference between her and the next sky arcobaleno, that wasn't the case in this world. Or at least that's what she assumes. Lumiere does not want to consider that her mother did that with her father in infant form, or that Reborn could...excuse the language, get it up.

So Lumiere came to Namimori knowing that everything she remembers happening won't happen because this wasn't the right world.

And that's where the temptation comes from. The want of getting involved, of being someone, of knowing Tsuna and the rest of the gang.

It was a powerful feeling.

And staring into Tsuna's fearful but oddly hopeful eyes Lumiere came to a decision.

"You don't run away from people you want to make friends with Dame-kun." She lightly bonked him on the head as he peered up at her with surprise in those honey brown eyes-

She wasn't supposed to be here. Lumiere knew that. Becoming friends with Tsuna was probably going to screw up the future. 'Oh well,' she inwardly shrugged, 'I guess I'll just have to wing it.'

Lumiere knew that she had made the right decision.

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Tsuna couldn't help but beam as Taiyou-san agreed to be friends with him. His first friend. His first ever friend. Even though she called him Dame-kun he could tell that it was just innocent teasing.

"So in order to commemorate our new found friendship I'll come over to your house after school." Tsuna felt his stomach drop at that announcement. His mind flashed to his room, the various clothes that were thrown around the floor, the unmade bed and the embarrassment surely to come if she was to see it. She just couldn't come over, not today at least.

"Taiyou-san you-"

"Stop. What did you just call me?" Tsuna gulped; she was glaring at him again.

"T-Taiyou-san?"

"Are we or are we not friends?" she demanded. Tsuna didn't see where this conversation was going, but nodded anyway. "Then drop the last name and the -san. Friends don't call each other that. Call me either my first name or Lumie."

Tsuna blushed at being offered (told) to call the other he first name. "Then you can call me Tsuna," he offered.

"Nah. Dame-kun is much cuter," he just knew he was blushing at her words. But still, did she have to call him dame?

She laughed at his response, and though Tsuna felt he should be annoyed at this all he felt was joy and contentment at it.

'So this is what friends are like,' he thought before joining in laughing. He enjoyed the friendly atmosphere so much, that he forgot to stop her from coming over later on.

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And so both the future Vongola decimo and the Sun Arcobaleno's daughter became the others first friend; Tsuna's in his eleven years of life and Lumiere in both her lives.

AN: Sorry this is late. I really did mean to post this a few days ago but I had problems with Google drive and it was only now that I managed to get some time to post it.

Some of you made comments on what Lumie looks like, well Ive gone back to the previous chapter and added a description in as well as a few other things if you want to take a look.

And OMG your guys are AWESOME! I love the reviews! They made me so happy! The next chapter is done so it should be posted in a few days :3

And as for the braclet, no, Lumie is not using it right now. She will use it eventually though so just sit and wait :3 it will come :3

Also I have just posted a Naruto SI called Child of the Tide, so if any of you are Naruto fans you would make me so happy if you checked it out and told me what you think :3

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